What fruits are good for the liver

Supporting the health of the liver is the key to excellent health for a long time. Everyone knows from a young age that fruits are quite useful for the capricious organ, because they serve as excellent assistants to the "natural filter". The high content of fiber and trace elements in fruits allows a qualitative cleansing of the body, burning excess cholesterol and removing toxins.

Fruits containing purine compounds and organic acids, provide the liver with additional load falling on the biliary tract area, forcing the organ to work intensively. So what fruits to choose?

Apples

When fresh or baked, sweet fruits stimulate the work of the gland because of the content of pectin molecules, vitamins and trace elements. Daily consumption of a fruit or two will provide:

1. Cleansing the liver tissues of unnecessary substances.
2. Regulation of the gastrointestinal tract - peristalsis will improve, constipation will stop.
3. Normal blood sugar levels.
4. Prevention of formation of sand and stones.
5. Slight choleretic effect.

From apples you can make juice or puree - the useful properties will not go anywhere. In the presence of diseases in the bile ducts, it is recommended to cleanse the fruit.

Grapefruits

Yellow-orange citrus fruits contain an extensive vitamin complex, fiber and carotenoids. It is the latter that make the fruit a unique medicine for the liver, because they:

• Protect the organ from free radicals and dangerous radiation;
• prevent fatty degeneration of cells;
• stimulate immune function.

Regular consumption of grapefruit pulp significantly reduces the likelihood of cancer progression. Citrus is also capable of inhibiting mutation processes in cells. For maximum benefits, 1/2 part of the fruit should be consumed in a day. Citrus fruit is contraindicated for hepatitis.

Bananas

Nutritious and energetically valuable flesh of the product is especially valuable for both the liver and the entire gastrointestinal tract:

1. The mucosa is not irritated when it enters the stomach, so the fruit is allowed even for patients with ulcers.
2. Fruits have pronounced antioxidant properties, help improve the composition of bile.

Abuse of banana diets is condemned by gastroenterologists. In a large volume, the pulp thickens bile, which is fraught with blockage of ducts, the emergence of stones, the appearance of extra pounds - all of which contributes to fatty degeneration of gland tissues.